Carya illinoinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Juglandaceae
Subfamilia: Juglandoideae
Genus: Carya
Species: Carya illinoinensis

Name

Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch, Dendrologie 1: 593 (1869).

Synonyms

Carya angustifolia Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. I. 97 (1826)
Carya diguetii Dode, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 55: 470 (1908)
Carya oliviformis (Michx.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. (Nutt.). 2: 221 (1818)
Carya pecan (Marshall) Engl. & Graebn., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3(App. 9): 19 (1902)
Carya pecan (Marshall) Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 41 (1842)
Carya pecan (Marshall) C.K.Schneid., Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 803 (1906)
Carya tetraptera Liebm., Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 80 (1850)
Hicorius diguetii Standl., Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 23: 1648 (1926)
Hicorius pecan (Marshall) Britton, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 15: 282 (1888)
Hicorius tetraptera (Liebm.) Rzed.et al., C. Conzatti, Fl. Taxon. Mexico., ed. 3, 1: 673 (1988)
Hicorius oliveformis Raf., Fl. Ludov. 109 (1817)
Hicorius pecan (Marshall) Sarg., Gard. and For. 2: 460 (1889)
Juglans angustifolia Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 361
Juglans cylindrica Lam., Encyc. 4: 505 (1797)
Juglans illinoinensis Wangenh., Beitr. Teut. Forstwiss. 54, pl. 18, f. 43 (1787)
Juglans oliviformis Michx., Hist. Arb. Am. Sept. 1: 173 (1811)
Juglans pecan Marshall, Arbust. Amer. 69 (1785)
Juglans pecan Walter, Fl. Carol. 236 (1788)
Juglans rubra Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 51, t. 89 (1791)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: USA
  - USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northeast, China Southeast, North Carolina, North Caucasus, South Carolina, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Koch, K.H.E., 1869. Dendrologie. Erlangen 1:593. "illinoensis"

Additional references

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Carya illinoinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 02. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Carya illinoinensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Carya illinoinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Mar 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mar 02. Published online. Accessed: 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carya illinoinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Pekannuss
English: Pecan
español: Pecana
suomi: Pekaanihikkori, pekaanipähkinä
français: Pacanier
magyar: Pekándió
日本語: ペカン
Nederlands: Pecannoot
Türkçe: Pekan cevizi

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